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DEMOCRATIC ASIA AND THE WEST PAPER SERIES 2011
UNDERSTANDING THAILANDS
ONGOING POLITICAL CRISISWider Implications for Southeast Asia and the West
EDMUND MALESKY
KRISLERT SAMPHANTHARAK
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Cover photo: Supporters o deposed Tai Prime Minister Taksin Shinawatra parade during a mass protest on March 20,
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Understanding ThailandsOngoing Political Crisis:
Wider Implications for Southeast Asiaand the West
Democratic Asia and The West Paper Series
June 2011
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Understanding Thailands Ongoing Political Crisis 1
The Thai political
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Figure 1: Democracy in Thailand over the last three decades. Blue line depicts the
Freedom House/Polity IV combined Democracy Score for Thailand. Dashed red lines
depict the lowest scores and high scores recorded for the variable. Zero represents
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In Thailand, we are
seeing a fundamental
debate over the very
essence of democracy
itself.
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